Best 2011 Results: Numerous Championships and overall a very good season.

2012 Goals: To breed top class hacks, riding horses and sport horses. To qualify for HOYS and so bring success to our clients

Top Tips: Correct feed and good rugging. Pre-planning and early preparation. Establish an exercise programme to suit each horse and don’t be afraid to ask for help

Personal highpoint: Numerous highpoints….but from each one..
Alan – Winning lead rein at HOYS a few years ago with Becky Patterson on Stoke Annabel, and in 2010 coming Reserve Cuddy Champion at HOYS with son Simon taking the Championship. An historic event which has never been done before
Mark – Attending the Sydney Olympics in 2000 with Leslie Law and H2O, and winning British Spotted Horse National Championships 4 years in succession, and twice European Championships with Broomells Desert Storm

Mark Armstrong and Alan Charlesworth have recently relocated to Worcestershire after living in Leicestershire for a short while. They have many years of combined experience in eventing, breeding and showing. Using this wealth of experience, Alan and Mark have created Centan Stud. The breeding programme will extend to Riding Horses and Hacks, as well as continuing the pony side. Centan Stud aims to breed some top class Sport Horses for the dressage and showing worlds, using their own Broadstone West Country and other stallions from the UK and Europe.

As with all producers, there is a terrific support team around them and the main team consists of Helen, Sage and Caroline. They cover all aspects of maintaining a successful show team from running the yard, assistance with training and show preparation, to driving duties and administrative roles.

Centan Stud also has a number of fabulous owners who have been very supportive over the years and who have become firm friends.